New Challenge Every Day - April 7th: A 2+ color commander with magecraft

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Today's Challenge: A 2+ color commander with magecraft

.::To Enter::.
In a single post:

• Name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

• Make a card that fits the current challenge.

• Include an "If I Win" (IIW) for tomorrow's challenge if you win.

Each day we use the challenge of the previous day's winner. In the case of a tie, we'll use the IIW of the tied player who has least overall points. In case of a further tie, the IIW of the earlier poster will be used.

.::Scoring::.

Ink-Treader 18 (+2)
AntGamerG0D 18 (+2)
JovialJovian 12 (+2)
netn10 11 (+1)
OneAndOnly 9 (+1)
Komandon 8
klutzedufus 8 (+3)
Lorn Asbord Schutta 7
shullz 7 (+1)
void_nothing 4 (+2)
YoTed 3 (+1)
LandellXil0cent 3 (+1)
HexBolt0505 2 (+2)
TessaMTG 2 (+2)

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.

Lovecraftian themed Monstrosities

Votes: shullz, Ink-Treader
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Aren't Eldrazi the MtG analog for Lovecroftian horrors?
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Fyorchthphal, Many Singularities -- CCCBBB
Legendary Creature - Elder Horror {R}
If Fyorchthphal would deal combat damage to a permanent, that permanent becomes a Germ creature with base power and toughness 0/0 instead.
The first mana ability activated each turn costs an additional 2 life to activate.
CCCBBB: The next time this turn a card would be returned to a player's hand or the battlefield from a graveyard, put Fyorchthphal onto the battlefield from your graveyard instead.
6/6
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Next: Simple solutions

Votes: OneAndOnly, klutzedufus

The Unfathomable Solution
Legendary Creature - Horror (Mythic-Digital)
The Unfathomable Solution can't enter your starting deck.
Starting from turn 13, if The Unfathomable Larker is in your sideboard, it makes all the decisions of each player. It can decide to enter the battlefield under your control during your turn.
3: Object to The Unfathomable Solution's current decision. Any player may activate this ability.
13/13

IIW: Digital-Only craziness

Votes: netn10, TessaMTG

Kthorphytal, End of the Eternities {7}{C}{C}{C}{C}
Legendary Creature — Outer God (M)
Primordial (This creature cannot enter without being cast, cannot be countered, cannot be sacrificed, nor can it gain or lose abilites.)
The Consumer — At the beginning each player's endstep, that player sacrifices half the nontoken permanents they control, rounded up. If a permanent would be put into a graveyard this way, exile it instead.
Unfathomable — At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses X life, where X is equal to the number of cards in that player's exile.
13/13

Tried to figure out how to upload the card's image, but failed miserably. Here is the link to the image tho: http://nxs.wf/ccc217030

IIW: Kindred Commanders for Rare Creature Types

Vote: TessaMTG, HexBolt0505.



IiW: Shakespearean heroes, villains, places, etc; even the man himself.

Vote: klutzedufus, void_nothing

Sosvu'nal, the Whispers 5U{U/B}B
Legendary Creature - Horror (M)
Sosvu'nal has protection from players with three or fewer cards in hand.
Forecast - 2UB, Reveal Sosvu'nal, the Whispers from your hand: Each player discards two cards, then each player draws a card.
While the whispers' advice is always sound, listening to them isn't.
8/3

IIW: A world where time is winding down

netn10 submission inspired me for this joke

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Emb'Agus, Time Devourer
Legendary Creature — Elder Horror (Un-R)
If Emb'Agus, Time Devourer would die, play a Magic subgame with your current libraries and Emb'Agus already under your control instead. The winner of that subgame decides, whether Emb'Agus dies in the current game or not.
Emb'Agus power and toughness is equal to square of ongoing Magic games in this match. (1/1 for normal game, 4/4 for the first subgame, 9/9 for the second, and so on.)
It can make you Elder too, with a single game.
*/*

Votes: LandellXil0cent; void_nothing

Shimmer from Algol
() Creature — Horror Reflection (U)
As you scry, if Shimmer from Algol is among the scryed cards, you may reveal it, exile a blue card from your hand and pay 2 life. If you do, cast Shimmer from Algol without paying its mana cost.
, Shuffle Shimmer from Algol into its owner's library: Return target spell to its owner's hand. Scry X, where X is the mana value of that spell. You may activate this ability from your hand by paying additional and revealing Shimmer from Algol from your hand.
"I saw peculiar thing during ritual fortnight ago. It's light urged me to seek it again."
—Allen's last letter to Jan
3/3

IIW: 1/1 legendaries

Nightmare in the Void
Phenomenon
When you encounter this phenomenon, each player exiles all creatures they control into a face-down pile, shuffles that pile, then manifests those cards.
Put Nightmare in the Void onto the battlefield transformed.
(Then planeswalk away from this phenomenon.)

///DFC///

That Which Has No Name
World Creature - Elder God
Protection from colorless
That Which Has No Name's power is equal to the total power of all face-down creatures on the battlefield, and it's toughness is equal to their total toughness.
Whenever a permanent is turned face-up, if it's a creature, that creature's controller loses life equal to it's toughness.
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vote: HexBolt0505, YoTed

IIW: Crabs

antgamergod klutzedufus

Votes: AntGamerG0D , JovialJovian

Dimensional Shambler 2BB
Creature — Beast Horror (rare)
Whenever a creature would die after being dealt combat damage from Dimensional Shambler and it phases out instead. Dimensional Shambler Would phase back in, any creatures at phases out with it from its ability you gain control for it with decay.
"Known as the "hunters from beyond" the have the ability to jump from one plane to a another seemly at will. Sometimes they take their victims with them."
4/4

IIW: Steven King.

Votes: Ink-Treader, JovialJovian

It of the Portals 2CC
Creature - Eldrazi (R)
When It of the Portals enters the battlefield, shuffle any number of cards from your graveyard into your library, then exile the top card of your library face down. You may look at it any time.
UBRG: Monstrosity 4.
When It of the Portals becomes monstrous, exile target nonland permanent.
When It of the Portals leaves the battlefield, cast any number of nonland cards exiled with it without paying their mana costs.
4/4

IIW: 3/4s

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: JovialJovian, Lorn Asbord Schutta
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Zaffai, Thunderdrummer -- U(U/R)R
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman {R}
Percussive Maintenance -- Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, untap target artifact. If that spell's mana value is 5 or more, create a token copy of that artifact. If that spell's mana value is 10 or more, that copy becomes a 10/10 Golem creature.
2/3
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Next: Coins

[netn10]

Votes: Komandon, AntGamerG0D

Lorn Asbord Schutta

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Tamaya of Endless Stories GW
Legendary Creature - Dog Bard (Rare)
Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Tamaya. Until end of turn, activated abilities of artifacts you control cost 1 less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that ability's activation cost to less than one mana.
T: Create a green and white Tome (It's an artifact with "6, T: Each player draws a card. If you control the creature with the greatest power, draw a card.")
2/2

IIW: Strixhaven as an allied/three color schools

[klutzedufus]

Votes: Lorn Asbord Schutta, void_nothing

Zectemp, Bringer of Storms
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard (R)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a storm counter on Zectemp.
Remove 2 storm counters from Zectemp: Each opponent loses 1 life.
Remove 3 storm counters fom Zectemp: Draw a card.
Remove 5 storm counters from Zectemp: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
2/2

IIW: A 0/0 creature

[AntGamerG0D]

Votes: Lord Asbord Schutta, JovialJovian

Horrace, Cryptid Tamer {1}{B}{G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock (R)
Ward — Discard a card.
Magecraft — Whenever a cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. If that creature was a Beast, Horror, or Yeti, you may also put your choice of a hexproof, deathtouch, or trample counter on that creature.
"My my, you look like a truly horrid friend!"
3/4

IIW: Spells with Mechanics Themed around Art and/or Music.

[YoTed]

Vote: JovialJovian, OneAndOnly



IIW: Elementals

[JovialJovian]

Taiwenn, Wilt-Leaf Safewright BGW
Legendary Creature - Elf Ranger (M)
Magecraft - Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, choose target permanent card in your graveyard. If that card is an Elf, return it to the battlefield, otherwise return it to your hand.
Whenever Taiwenn, Wilt-Leaf Safewright or another Elf creature you control dies, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains Flashback until end of turn, it's Flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
3/3

vote: void_nothing, Lord Asbord Schutta

IIW: Off-color Graveyard Abilities.
(Such as Flashback, Disturb, or Embalm)

[HexBolt0505]

Votes: Lorn Asbord Schutta, AntGamerG0D



IIW: A R/G/W or G/W/B Planeswalker (neither has any planeswalkers.)

[Lorn Asbord Schutta]

Votes: Ink-Treader; JovialJovian

Vexel, Inertia Consumer
Legendary Creature — Vampire Wizard (M)
Ward — Tap four untapped permanents you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a stun counter on target nonland permanent.
: Remove any number of counters from target permanent or opponent. The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn cost less to cast, where X is the number of counters removed this way.
4/3

IIW: Adding mana in blue.

[Komandon]

Votes: Ink-Treader , void_nothing

Qanik Rimeheart RGU
Legendary Creature — Elemental Shaman
Hexproof from snow. (Rare)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put an ice counter on target permanent.
Permanents with ice counters on them are snow. Instants and socreries cast with s, are snow.
Qanik Rimeheart's power and toughness is equal to the number of nonland snow permanents you control and are in your graveyard.
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IIW: new supertype that isn't a new card type (world, legendary and snow are supertypes)

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: Lorn Asbord Schutta, void_nothing

[void_nothing]

Votes: Ink-Treader, Lorn Asbord Schutta

Creidna, Alluring Moon 2GWU
Legendary Creature - Siren Cleric (R)
Flying
As long as one or more creatures are attacking, you may cast noncreature spells as though they had flash and they cost 1 less to cast for each attacking creature.
Magecraft - Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, choose target nonlegendary creature. If it's goaded, create a token that's a copy of that creature. Otherwise, goad it.
3/3

IIW: Demigods